English for STEM: Understanding Engineering Vocabulary

Develop your English vocabulary in civil, industrial, and mechanical engineering

This three-week course from Macquarie University EMI Centre will help you improve your English language ability in the context of engineering.

You’ll delve into key concepts in civil, industrial and mechanical engineering. Through this exploration, you’ll learn essential vocabulary in topics such as sustainable building, occupational health and safety, and robotics.

Throughout the course, you’ll also master pronunciation, word form, and use to ensure you can use engineering vocabulary in the right way.

Improve your English language skills using effective strategies

You’ll learn from videos, quizzes, and reading texts designed specifically for English language learners to help you understand different engineering subjects.

You’ll also discover interactive tools, such as Quizlet, as a strategy for recording and revising new vocabulary.

Develop your academic skills to help you study engineering

Each week, you’ll explore group work and problem-solving skills to help prepare you for studying in English. You’ll learn useful language for group discussions such as language to make suggestions, analyse solutions, and evaluate outcomes.

Learn from the experts at Macquarie University

Throughout the course, you’ll be guided by a language trainer and an engineering trainer from Macquarie University EMI centre.

With their expertise, and frequent opportunities to practise your new language skills, you’ll finish the course with the confidence to use engineering vocabulary in real-life settings.

This course is designed for anyone who is going to be studying engineering and would like to develop their English language ability.

It will be most useful for learners who have an Intermediate CEFR B1 level of English.